Going To Be Famous (T:SCC vid)

[be_themoon]

Title: Going To Be Famous
Vidder: be_themoon
Fandom: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Music: "Mainstream" by Thea Gilmore
Spoilers: For entire show.
Summary: This is a story about a war in which everyone is fighting for John Connor. It is also a story about a war in which everyone is fighting for their families and their souls and their right to be human. Things get complicated, sometimes.
Streaming/Download: Streaming at Vimeo and download at MediaFire.
Warnings: Violence, people dying.
Notes: This is for paraka, who won me in the help_pakistan auctions. This is almost a month late, but it is in fact here, and I hope you enjoy it. Thanks so much for donating! Many thanks go to wordsatourbacks for a wonderful indepth beta (omg, somebody HAS to write that Jesse/Lauren story).

Going To Be Famous - TSCC from Elisabeth B. on Vimeo.

Embedding HATES me. *mourns* It's HERE on Vimeo.

Mainstream Lyrics

Headstrong, heavy weather
Going at it Hell-for-leather
Red lights flashing on
Some little pop song
Boys get out your Balzac
The Empire's gonna strike back
The critics and the diplomats are living in a tin shack

Break-neck, full-tilt
Climb the ladders they built
Angels in the abattoir
Junking up a good guitar
Stale city bandwidth
You don't get the language
But don't pick on the girl who's only turning on the lightswitch

Are you going to swim the mainstream?
Are you going to swim the mainstream?
Or are you going to make that lightning?
Are you going to swim the mainstream?

Heads-up, they'll say
History was a big mistake
Chews you up, spits you out
Then asks you what the lip's about
An old tin army
A young James Dean
And another kinda war that is waging in your bloodstream

A wildfire, wild-card
This girl's been barred
They drew the weapons, read the rules
Sent the rebels back to school
They'll book you for the next crime
Get you in the nick of time
So don't trust the captain who is sailing in a straight line

Are you going to swim the mainstream?
Are you going to swim the mainstream?
Or are you going to make that lightning?
Are you going to swim the mainstream?

Now say your prayers, stay polite
Busy saving daylight
Age plays dirty tricks
You're looking like a counterfeit
He's gonna train us
Can you really blame us
If we grow up we're all going to be famous

Comments

[chaila]

I liked this! I really like how you divided up the first two sections, with the first one in the present and the second one with the future and the resistance fighters there (and how you used Terissa in the first and Lauren in the second <3). I also liked how very *ensembley* this is; like the show, it's sort of about John and the war, but really it's about everyone and what they're fighting for too.

Jesse/Lauren

My mind is a little blown.

[wordsatourbacks]

My mind is a little blown.

Heeeeeeeee. I thought about prompting Lauren/Jesse at the Bechdel Test Comment-a-thon, but by that time the 'thon was already winding down and I'm not sure how obvious (answer: maybe not obvious, but still AWESOME) it is if you are not me or be_themoon and neither of us has explained! (Coming soon: my post about Lauren/Jesse!!)

[be_themoon]

:D Thanks! Yeah, it did end up being very ensemble-y, which I'm pleased about because at some points I was worried I was focusing on John and Cameron too much.

It totally makes sense, though! Derek totally didn't kill Jesse, which means that she is out running around, and a little (lot) lost, and then she finds a Terminator hunting Lauren and when they're done fighting it she just tags along because Lauren really could use some protection, Jesse thinks. Yes. And Lauren thinks Jesse is a little intense, but she doesn't mind much because Lauren can be pretty intense herself these days.

I, uh, may have thought about this a bit.

[wordsatourbacks]

Derek totally didn't kill Jesse, which means that she is out running around, and a little (lot) lost, and then she finds a Terminator hunting Lauren and when they're done fighting it she just tags along because Lauren really could use some protection, Jesse thinks. Yes. And Lauren thinks Jesse is a little intense, but she doesn't mind much because Lauren can be pretty intense herself these days.

I, uh, may have thought about this a bit.

AND I LOVE YOU FOR IT (also for other things, obvs). *waves tiny flag of Lauren/Jesse fandom of two, stalwartly*